Kalahari Dune © Nick Gregan

(PRWEB) July 12, 2010

This is the very pinnacle of creative fine art photography.

Nick’s Gregan’s Ambiguous Misdirection exhibition is nothing like anything seen before in the Galleries of London!

Pushing the boundaries of contemporary photographers imagination, the depth and intrigue to this collection is captivating, it transports you into a generous roving space that is the curiosity of your imagination.

As you walk around the gallery each and every image begs the viewer to interact with it, to ask how they were created and where they were they created. The answer is in the visionary creativity that is the mind of the photographer.

Basalt Curl © Nick Gregan

From the ambiguous Obsidian Cat which looks as though it could be a sculpture hewn out of black iron brass, to the ever misleading Golden Hollow that is reminiscent of a well-pool filling with water from the rain. The collection reminds me of the zodiac sign Gemini; with each image combining a little of everything and so revealing the intense mental energy of the photographer’s mind to its full capacity.

Some of the images are recognizable and skim the surface of the creative movement known as Bodyscape, a collection of strong images representing the celebration of the female form in a light-hearted way. However the depth passion evoked in these images take photographing the human body to a whole new level.

The silhouettes give you a sensual excitement without any hint of titillation, they offer a hidden mystery differing

from the norm, creating an impression of a landscape on the surface of the body. While many of the images are intentionally ambiguous, the rest of the collection is artistically created to subtly mislead.

After much persuasion Nick finally opened his portfoilo of private work to the general public. The opening night was met with great anticipation and surprised even some of his biggest supporters with the sheer volume of beautiful images he’d had tucked away.

A truly thought provoking and awe inspiring collection.

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

All images courtesy of The National Gallery of Art

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

TOKYO, Apr. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh Co., Ltd., has announced that the Alex Prager Photo Exhibition “Week-end” will be held starting April 28, 2010 (Wed.) at Ricoh Photo Gallery RING CUBE located in the Ginza district of Tokyo. This is Alex Prager’s first solo exhibition in Japan. It was arranged in collaboration with the internationally prominent London gallery Michael Hoppen Contemporary*. “Week-end” exhibits 18 color photographs with an impact that is both bizarre and intense. All the works being exhibited are original prints, with the largest being approximately 120 cm by 180 cm. Prager herself has said that she is “documenting a world that exists and doesn’t exist at the same time.” Although the world shown in “Week-end” is an illusion, it is portrayed in a way that makes it more real than the real world.

At Ricoh, our ambition is for RING CUBE to be not only “a place to display and appreciate photographs,” but also a gathering place for people who want to both enjoy photographs and express themselves through photographs and a place that expands the possibilities of photography. We will continue to hold exhibitions presenting the works of a wide range of photographers, both professional and amateur.

*The Michael Hoppen Contemporary gallery was created in 2000 within the Michael Hoppen Gallery, a London gallery well known throughout the world. It exhibits the works of established as well as up-and-coming artists from many countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, and the Netherlands. (www.michaelhoppengallery.com)

Alex Prager was born in Los Angeles in 1979. In her early 20s, she devoted herself to photography after seeing an exhibition of the photographs of William Eggleston at the Getty Museum. She eschewed art school and began studying photography on her own, learning equipment and lighting through trial and error. Since then her photographs have been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, London and elsewhere and have been presented in a number of publications, including “Details,” “i-D,” “Tank,” “Elle Japon,” “MOJO,” and “Complex.” She will have a solo show in June 2010 at Michael Hoppen Contemporary in London

Name: Alex Prager Photo Exhibition “Week-end”
Number of exhibited works: 18
Organizers: Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Dates: April 28, 2010 (Wednesday) to May 23, 2010 (Sunday)*
*Except days the gallery is closed.
Place: Ricoh Photo Gallery RING CUBE
Address: San-ai Dream Center 8F/9F, 5-7-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(Reception desk 9F)
Tel: +81-3-3289-1521
Times: 11:00 to 20:00 (to 17:00 on final day)
Closed: Tuesday
Entry fee: Free
URL: http://www.ricoh.com/r_dc/ringcube/

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

The exhibit features 36 images, some of which are never-before-seen pictures of the Beatles in concert. Through the images, exhibit goers will be able to make intimate connections with the Beatles, a band that changed music and popular culture forever. The photographs also tell the story of Carlson, a young photographer just starting out in his career, who attended the press conference where he talked with George Harrison about his new Rickenbacker guitar. But Carlson wasn’t the only teenager following the Beatles. At the concert, there were more than 25,000 screaming, shouting, cheering and swooning fans. Carlson’s photographs capture close-up moments of fans touched by the Beatles and their music as well as mob scenes with girls waiting to greet the band as they got off the plane and during the press conference.

In addition to the images, the exhibit features an artifact case with items from Carlson’s photography career, including one of his early cameras. A computer station will play video footage of the Beatles press conference and users can pull up a web page where they can enter their own memories of the Beatles visit to Minnesota and read entries by other fans.

Online Connections
In 2008, the Society started collecting online memories of fans who attended, or wanted to attend, the concert in 1965. Visitors to the exhibit can read these memories, including “Catherine’s” lament that she couldn’t go to the concert because the $5.50 ticket price cost too much. “Gail” tells of attending the concert at age 11 and forming a Beatles air-guitar band with three girlfriends (the group got so good they won a talent contest). “Mike” describes going to the concert at age 15 with his brother Bill and cousin Greg, and sitting in the third deck behind home plate on “a beautiful August evening.” The Beatles: Share Your Story can also be viewed online at www.mnhs.org/beatles.

Exhibit Public Reception
The History Center’s free summer concert series, 9 Nights of Music, features the music of the Beatles July 20 from 5 to 9 p.m. It’s an extended evening of classic rock tunes, performed by local cover-band RetroFit. The night serves as the exhibit reception and includes complimentary access to the Beatles exhibit gallery, a book signing with author and photographer Bill Carlson and a screening of the Beatles movie “A Hard Day’s Night” in the 3M Auditorium. Other activities include a photo op with a life sized Sgt. Pepper’s Album Cover, The Beatles Rock Band music video game and a Beatles inspired costume contest.

Bring a lawn chair, and pack a picnic or purchase food from the Café Minnesota Terrace Grill. Come early and take advantage of free admission to the museum galleries and stores from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays. For more information visit http://www.mnhs.org/9nights.

About Bill Carlson
This exhibit is based on the book, “The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland,” by Bill Carlson. The book features commentary from those who were there, including Larry Kane, an Emmy-award-winning writer, who was the only broadcast journalist to travel to every stop on the Beatles’ 1964 and 1965 tours, including Minneapolis.

Bill Carlson is an accomplished photographer, cinematographer and scuba diver, combining his love for photography and diving to explore and film the underwater cave systems of Mexico and Florida. He has captured images in over 75 countries around the world and has been the director of photography on numerous commercials, films, and documentaries, most recently, “Pride of Lions,” a feature length film about the humanitarian and political crisis in Sierra Leone.

Admission
Admission to “The Beatles! A One-Night Stand in the Heartland” is included with regular museum admission of $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and college students, $5 for children ages 6 to 17 and free for children age 5 and under and Minnesota Historical Society members.

Hours
The History Center Museum is open Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free admission from 5 to 8 p.m.), Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays noon to 5 p.m. For museum information call 651-259-3000 or visit www.mnhs.org/historycenter.

The Minnesota Historical Society is a non-profit educational and cultural institution established in 1849 to preserve and share Minnesota history. The Society tells the stories of history through museum exhibits developed by the Society, traveling exhibits from other museums and organizations, extensive libraries and collections, historic sites, educational programs and book publishing.

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

Worker Viktor Kalmykov arrives at the Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Combine construction site, 1930. Magnitogorsk (Magnet mountain city) is a mining and industrial city by the Ural River in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, with one of the largest iron and steel works in the country. credit: Max Alpert ©RIA Novosti / TopFoto

The exhibition, curated by RIA Novosti, Russia’s leading press service, has already shown to great acclaim at London’s Guildhall and the Imperial War Museum North.

The show includes World Press Award winners, such as Vladimir Vyatkin, whose image of soldiers in Chechnya won the Gold Medal in 2002.

Grozny, Chechnya. August 1996 Photo by Igor Mikhalev

From the turmoil of the Russian Revolution, the exhibition then charts the tremendous changes Russia has undergone within the last 100 years, from the industrialisation of the 1930s, through WWII and the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and developments since.

A federal reconnaissance unit in the Bass River gorge, Chechnya, 1999. Gold medal, World Press Photo, 2002. credit: Vladimir Vyatkin ©RIA Novosti / TopFoto

Russia’s finest photographers are represented.

Max Alpert, for example, is one of the greatest photographers of the 20^th Century. His image of Commander Alexei Yeremenko, urging on his men in 1942 shortly before his death, is justly famous.  To capture this silent, devastating, shot Alpert was right up front. You can hear the bullets.

A Russian soldier raising the Victory banner on the roof. Berlin, Germany - 5 May 1945

These are simply great photographers working at the height of their skill.

Exhibition 04/02/10–31/03/10. Gifts/Print shop. Free entry 09.30-5pm Mon-Friday; 09.30-1pm Sat. T: 01732 863 939.

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

Brent Bolthouse, photo by Randall Slavin

With Honorary Hosts Martine Bury, award-winning photographer Marc Baptiste, Brent Bolthouse, Hadley Henriette, Marc Lotenberg, Alan Roth, Dove Shore and More

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ –
WHAT:   944 Magazine invites guests to an important and worthy charity event showcasing unique works from some of the world’s most prolific artists, creators and originators in the industry. A star-studded crowd filled with celebrities, athletes and entertainers will enjoy a silent auction curated by Lina Hargrett of Fredric Snitzer Gallery, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, musical entertainment and words from 944 Magazine, Hope for Haiti and the Honorary Host Committee. 100% of the proceeds will go to Hope For Haiti, a non-profit organization that has been on the ground in Haiti for the last 20 years.

WHEN:   Saturday, February 6th, 2010 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

WHERE:  Hotel 944 – The Eden Roc Renaissance Resort Miami Beach (Mona Lisa Room)

4525 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida

WHO:    Additional Hosts/Guests: Nina Johnson, Tara Solomon, Jillian Jacobson Altit, Francine Rosenzweig, Susanne Birbragher, Steve Turner, Erin Newberg and more. Photographers and Artist donating works include: Scott Caan, Dove Shore, Art Streiber, Harper Smith, Serg Alexander, Sid Hoeltzell, Pamela Jones, Greg Cohen, Maria Lankina, and Brantely Guiterez, Jack Guy and more.

RSVP:   Media RSVP: Jennifer Marnach, 944 Magazine, 310-652-2944 x 2212,
jenniferm@944.com

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)

TOKYO, Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Ricoh Co., Ltd. has announced the start of the Ikuo Tatsumi Photo Exhibition: “Run! Shoot! In the World’s Marathons” from February 3, 2010. This is an exhibition of works chosen from among those submitted during the July-September 2009 public submission period. Entering marathons in Tokyo and six other major cities (New York, Vancouver, Berlin, London, Roma and Seoul), from the course Ikuo Tatsumi shot photographs of scenes and people that gave his heart pause as he ran. Over 120 photographs are to be exhibited.

These fresh and vivid images of roadside and course scenery are presented from a new viewpoint: that of the runner. Energized by the vigor and smiling faces of these photographs, viewers will be ready to go out and run themselves. There are plans to also present a special selection of photographs of the Tokyo Yumemai Marathon, in which participants run on sidewalks following traffic rules, and photographs of marathons in Okinawa, which have a festival atmosphere.

At Ricoh, our ambition is for RING CUBE to be not only “a place to display and appreciate photographs,” but also a gathering place for people who want to both enjoy photographs and express themselves through photographs and a place that expands the possibilities of photography. We will continue to hold exhibitions presenting the works of a wide range of photographers, both professional and amateur.
Ikuo Tatsumi is a journalist. After stints as a Kyodo News reporter at locations such as Maebashi, Sendai and Sapporo as well as in the Foreign News Section at the head office, he served as Phnom Penh bureau chief and was assigned as a video and news desk journalist at the Tokyo MX television station. He is currently an editor of audio-video news at the head office. Tatsumi has written many newspaper and magazine news articles, including photo-illustrated overseas reportage, and he has also produced many video reports. Tatsumi has completed over 40 full marathons. He continues to run in marathons throughout the world, holding a compact camera in one hand and taking photographs along the way.

At marathons held in major cities abroad, there is a festival atmosphere both on the course and alongside it. The runners, cheering spectators and volunteers all have leading roles in this festival. It was my ambition to hold this kind of marathon in Tokyo, and I also wanted to communicate to people the fun of running together. That is why I got involved in activities to promote the holding of the Tokyo Marathon, and it is also why I began taking photographs while running in marathons around the world. On these 42.195 km journeys, I encounter many people, who give me strength to keep running. I hope you too will enjoy these encounters with such people, these instants of the heart dancing!

[Exhibition Details]

Name:         Ikuo Tatsumi Photo Exhibition: “Run! Shoot! In the World’s
Marathons”
Photographs:  Over 120
Sponsor:      Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Dates:        February 3 to 14, 2010  *Except days the gallery is closed.
Place:        RING CUBE Gallery Zone
Address:      San-ai Dream Center 8F/9F, 5-7-2 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(Reception desk 9F)
Tel:          +81-3-3289-1521
Times:        11:00 to 20:00 (to 17:00 on final day)
Closed:       Tuesdays
Entrance fee: Free
URL:          http://ringcube.jp/

© 2010, The F Stops Here. All rights reserved. (Jessica D. Korman)